Jeff Morency earned his B.A. in political science from St. John’s University in Minnesota (2005) and his M.A. in Arab studies from Georgetown University (2009). Jeff was previously a student at the Middlebury College Arabic School where he began studying Arabic as a level 1 student during the summer of 2005. In the course of his research and travel, Jeff has spent time in Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Yemen, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan. In addition to Arabic, Jeff has studied French, Italian, and Farsi.